2020 has been a year some might call collectively, for lack of a better word, a cluster- fuck. Excuse the French, (and forgive me France for using that expression), but it is an apt description of the year, methinks
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The Queens Gambit is a masterclass of storytelling technique and execution.
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ut music… by the Gods, it is truly something special, something we all recognise as one of the last true wellsprings of magic in our world. To hear beautiful melody and have your heartstrings pulled by it. To feel rhythm and have your body possessed by it. To swim in harmony, and have your spirit lifted by it.
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But even as the decision to fight, to be violent, is made, it must be anchored with this most important hope – the hope for peace. Without this anchor in place, the violence will only drift further and further from its original destination, until only the violence remains.
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I’m going to talk about a master class in believable, and utterly epic, battle sequences.
To do so, I’m going to use what I think might be the most underrated film of all time.
Conan the Barbarian.
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You know what’s so good about peppermint tea? It maintains its awesomeness, no matter how long you take to drink it.
Read MoreIt's not that simple when you're trying to escape a dark underworld of crime, psychopaths and deadly leverage. One doesn't simply give two weeks notice, ask for a favourable reference, and update the old CV. The exit is clumsy, bloody, and intense.
Oh, and funny. Stupidly funny.
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Then onward we go, each step forward adding momentum to the last, pulling us further into the single-minded task of “getting those damned words down.” That glorious storm rolls over the horizon, promising chaos and energy and danger. The thrill returns, and we march forward to meet the madness with new resolve, grinning.
There is lightning to catch.
Read MoreI was reminded of something important, when it comes to the tradition of storytelling. Some stories deserve retelling, even those seemingly told to death. Some stories are so uniquely powerful, they enter the realm of what we might call myth. And myth, in the way that I have come to define it, is a story that profoundly succeeds at capturing the spirit of its time and place, so that we might later be possessed by it.
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